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Policy Id:

SPR/SPA:

Risk:

SEWG(c)-1

Lakes Simcoe and Couchiching/Black River, Nottawasaga Valley, Severn Sound

Significant

Implementing Body

Legal Effect

Policy Tool

Threat Type

Status

Comment

MECP - Wastewater/Sewage Works

Conform with

Prescribed Instruments

Existing

Implemented

Ministry staff have completed the review and screening process to identify previously issued Environmental Compliance Approvals for sewage works located in vulnerable areas where prescribed instrument policies may apply with the initial source protection plan approvals. However, the ministry continues to identify and review new existing Environmental Compliance Approvals as a result of source protection plan amendments on an annual basis. For those existing instruments that were screened by the Ministry and subject to existing threat prescribed instrument policies, the existing instruments had been reviewed to determine if the Standard Operating Policy can be applied or if amendments are needed to protect municipal drinking water sources.

Policy Text:

Where an existing large (more than 10,000 litres) on-site sewage system is a significant drinking water threat, MOE shall ensure that the Environmental Compliance Approval that governs the on-site sewage system includes appropriate terms and conditions to ensure that the activity ceases to be a significant drinking water threat.

Monitoring Text:

MON-2: By February 1 of each year, the MOE shall report to the local source protection authority on the steps taken in the previous calendar year to implement these significant threat policies, and recommendations, where appropriate.